Community Guidelines
Keep it friendly. Rude, hostile or personal-attack comments will be removed.
The Space Coast Wire is for neighbors. Comments are for signed-in members (membership is free), and we want them to be a friendly place to talk about local news.
Do
- Stay on the topic of the story.
- Disagree with ideas, not people.
- Share what you know first-hand, and say how you know it.
- Report comments that break these rules.
Don't
- Insult, name-call or attack anyone, including people in the story.
- Use profanity, slurs, or ALL CAPS shouting.
- Threaten, harass or encourage harm to anyone.
- Share anyone's private information, such as a home address, phone number, email, workplace or photos of them, including your own.
- State rumors or accusations about real people as fact. Don't say someone committed a crime unless they've been charged, and say so.
- Name or identify anyone under 18 involved in a crime, crash or court case, or any victim of sexual abuse or assault, even if you think you know who it is.
- Post spam, ads, or links.
- Copy in other people's articles, photos or videos. Short quotes are fine.
- Post anything illegal, or pretend to be someone else, including The Space Coast Wire staff.
How we moderate
- We can remove any comment or turn off commenting for anyone, at our discretion. We don't edit comments: we publish them as written or remove them.
- Your first comment is reviewed by a person before it appears.
- Comments with links, or that look rude or hostile, are held for review instead of posting right away.
- Comments reported by 3 members, or reported once for naming a minor or abuse victim, are hidden until we review them.
- We remove comments that aren't friendly, and we may tell you why on your Account page.
- After 2 removed comments, your comments need approval before they appear. Repeated or serious problems can lead to losing commenting or your account.
Comments are the views of the members who post them, not The Space Coast Wire. See our Terms of Use.
Your comments
- You must be 13 or older to have an account.
- You can edit a comment for 10 minutes after you post it, and delete it any time.
- Your display name comes from your profile. Your email is never shown.
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